WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) jumped into the Israeli-Palestinian debate on college campuses.  He spoke about antisemitism with students at Columbia University Wednesday. Speaker Johnson was booed by students as pro-Palestinian protests are spreading to more campuses across the country. Columbia University is the epicenter. Hundreds of students have occupied the campus in tents for days demanding the school divest from companies with ties to Israel. "My message to the students inside the encampment is go back to class and stop the nonsense,” said Johnson ..read more

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – About 30 million Americans can't leave their jobs and go to work for a competing company because of something called a 'noncompete' agreement. "We're talking about security guards, hairdressers, we're talking about truckers, and a host of other people," U.S. Federal Trade Commission Director of Public Affairs Douglas Farrar said.  Farrar says that's not right. "This is a real restriction on Americans' economic freedom," Farrar said.  The FTC voted 3-2 on Tuesday to ban noncompete clauses for most workers. Farrar says the new rule will spur competition, higher w ..read more

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed into law on Wednesday a $95 billion war aid measure that includes assistance for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and that also has a provision that would force social media site TikTok to be sold or be banned in the U.S. The announcement marks an end to long, painful battle with Republicans in Congress over urgently needed assistance for Ukraine. “We rose to the moment. We came together and we got it done," Biden said at White House event to announce the signing. "Now we need to move fast, and we are,” But significant damage has been done to the Biden ad ..read more

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - Billions of dollars in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan passed in the U.S. Senate on overnight. The bill also includes a provision that could lead to a ban on TikTok. "It's not every day you can say you made the world truly a better place,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). For Ukraine and Israel, it will provide military aid, and replenish U.S. weapons systems while also sending humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza. "Rest assured, America will never shrink from its responsibilities as a leader on the world stage,” said ..read more

NEW YORK (AP) — The Biden administration has finalized a new rule set to make millions of more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay in the U.S. The move marks the largest expansion in federal overtime eligibility seen in decades. Starting July 1, employers will be required pay overtime to salaried workers who make less than $43,888 a year in certain executive, administrative and professional roles, the Labor Department said Tuesday. That cap will then rise to $58,656 by the start of 2025. “Too often, lower-paid salaried workers are doing the same job as their hourly counterparts but are ..read more

(NEXSTAR) — Tuesday morning, before former President Donald Trump's hush money trial resumed, the New York judge in his case held a hearing on the prosecution’s request that Trump be held in contempt of court and fined at least $3,000 for allegedly violating his gag order. Trump currently faces 34 felony counts for reimbursements prosecutors claim his company made to his lawyer Michael Cohen for hush money payments. Those payments were allegedly disguised in records as legal expenses. In March, before the trial began, Judge Juan M. Merchan issued a gag order, barring the former president from ..read more

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – President Joe Biden campaigned in the Sunshine State Tuesday to spotlight new attacks on reproductive rights. His trip to Florida came one week before a law banning most abortions after six weeks takes effect there.  "It's criminalizing reproductive healthcare before women even know whether they're pregnant," President Biden told a crowd of supporters.  The president warned reproductive rights for millions of Americans are at stake in this year's elections. "There's one person responsible for this nightmare, and he's acknowledged and he's bragged about it: Dona ..read more

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - In a Saturday session, the House of Representatives approved a $95 billion foreign aid package, approving funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan.  "Peace is achieved through strength. And this is what this bill is about," Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said.  The package also has sanctions on Iran, humanitarian aid for Gaza, and a ban on TikTok if its China-based owner doesn't sell the app.  "This app is a spy balloon in American's phones," McCaul said.  Members of both parties praised the emergency assistance as a way to fight bad actors and support a ..read more

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - A dramatic scene played out in the Senate during the impeachment trial of the nation's top immigration official. The effort to remove Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas went haywire and the impeachment trial is about to be over before it really began because senators voted to kill the first article of impeachment. They say it's unconstitutional and doesn't meet the bar of high crimes and misdemeanors. Wednesday was supposed to be the start of the trial to consider two impeachment articles accusing Secretary Mayorkas of violating the law with his handling of immigration but whe ..read more

(NEXSTAR) – Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly blamed his legal troubles on President Joe Biden, but Biden wasn't taking the bait Tuesday. "His lack of ethics has nothing to do with me," Biden said in an exclusive interview with Nexstar. "I have never once talked to anyone in my administration about Trump's legal problems. A lot of them occurred well before I became president. And so I have nothing to do with that. Trump has a value set fundamentally different than most Americans. ... His conduct that he's acknowledged has been below what most Americans think." The interview with Bid ..read more